STORY BEHIND THE BOOK - 'Spawning Season' ponders queer parenthood, the life cycle of fish, and how to go on after the biggest disappointment of all - As a little boy growing up in rural Washington state, Joseph Osmundson recalls, fathers were emotionally distant and often physically abusive; mothers nurtured and nourished and protected their young. Why wouldn't this smart, sensitive child have wanted to grow up to be the latter, not the former?

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Julio Le Parc, op art master whose sculptures moved, dies at 97 -- The Argentine artist focused on kinetic sculpture -- sculpture that moves -- and the geometric optical illusions of op art, infusing them with regional influences and often overtly political content.

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one special thing - With 'Pennies from Heaven,' Steve Martin challenged audiences — and himself - Previously known for goofy comedy, he plunged into a film that merged grim Depression-era reality and movie-musical fantasy.

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Duane Michals, photographer with stories to tell, dies at 94 -- A self-taught photographer and proud misfit, Mr. Michals proved that someone could succeed without conforming to genre or technical norms.

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Questlove explores another titan of Black music in Earth, Wind & Fire documentary -- His latest film, "Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)," debuts on HBO on June 7 at 9 p.m. and streams on HBO Max.

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